Yisroel Dovid Weiss (Hebrew: ישראל דוד ווייס; born 1956) is an American Haredi Jew,[1] activist, and spokesman for a minority branch of small fringe group Neturei Karta,[2][1][3] a Haredi anti-Zionist group. Residing in Monsey, New York, he believes that Jews should peacefully oppose the existence of the Israeli state: "It would be forbidden for us to have a State, even if it would be in a land that is desolate and uninhabited."[4] Neturei Karta's views are rejected by the majority of Orthodox Jews worldwide.[5] Weiss was criticized in 2006 for his participation in the International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust, widely considered to be an event promoting Holocaust denial internationally.[6][7] His fellow speakers included David…

Key Points  More than a year and a half on from its seizure of power, it is clear the Taliban regime rejects the idea of a pluralist political order and seems determined to impose the same restrictive social policies as were implemented in 1996-2001. As actions intended to isolate and punish the Taliban, the international community’s sanctions have been a conspicuous failure, even at times counterproductive. The Taliban’s intractability, rendering normal diplomacy so ineffectual, is not so much situational as it is ideological. The U.S. finds itself drawn into five key policy areas in Afghanistan: 1) Completing the evacuation of…

In the name of "protecting future generations from potentially devastating consequences," a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday introduced legislation meant to prevent artificial intelligence from launching nuclear weapons without meaningful human control. The Block Nuclear Launch by Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Act – introduced by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), Don Beyer (D-Va.), And Ken Buck (R-Colo.) – asserts that "any decision to launch a nuclear weapon should not be made" by AI. The proposed legislation acknowledges that the Pentagon's 2022 Nuclear Posture Review states that current US policy is to "maintain a human 'in the loop' for all actions critical to…

In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful The Almighty God is exalted as he took His Servant by night from Masjid al-Haram to Masjid al-Aqsa, whose surroundings are blessed, to show him of our signs. Indeed, the Almighty God hears and sees. (Verse One of al-Asra Chapter, Holy Quran) Your Excellency Mr Erdoğan, the Honourable President of Turkey Honourable Heads of Muslim State Distinguished Heads of Participating Delegates Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu I would like to begin with appreciating the efforts of my dear brother His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for organising this very significant…

French President Emmanuel Macron has got the Americans in a flap with his comments advocating greater European strategic autonomy and for the old continent to avoid becoming embroiled in a US-China confrontation over Taiwan.Macron made his remarks while traveling back from China where he appeared to have been well received by President Xi Jinping. The trip reportedly garnered several lucrative trade deals for French businesses at a time when Élysée Palace is assailed with nationwide public protests and strikes over economic woes.The American chagrin over Macron’s musings about European strategic autonomy is revealing in at least two ways.The New York Times sniffily accused Macron…